Financial Services Careers Fair 2023

Prahalad Prasad (OMT, 2015)

Politics, Philosophy and Economics,

University of Warwick

Associate Director, Corporate Financing & Risk

Management at Lloyds Banking Group

Prahalad undertook a summer internship at Lloyds in between his 2nd and final years and was offered a place on the graduate scheme the following year. This involved 4 rotations in various teams around the Commercial part of the bank. Having enjoyed his time in Debt Capital Markets, he secured a permanent role in that team. Prahalad looks forward to advising students on how to enter the financial services industry, talking about why he enjoys working in the sector and offering any other university related advice.

Vishal Sodha (OMT, 1996)

Economics at LSE

Senior Risk Solutions Consultant,

SS&C Technologies Inc.

Vishal spent 18 years of his career in investment banking. He has been Managing Director at Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Nomura. Vishal is now a senior risk advisor at SS&C Technologies, a $13bn Nasdaq-listed FinTech to leverage his banking experience in the technology solutions sector. Therefore, Vishal can talk to students about both a career in Financial Services and within FinTech.